The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times of Saturday had another touch in the magniloquent style of guiding the political opinions of three-fourths of the people of England, or rather an improvement on that boast. It appears that the peo ple of England cared nothing for the Reform Bill, Catholic Emancipation, the repeal of the Test Acts, or Ecclesiastical and Tithe Reforms ; and that the Times all hte while moved them like so many pup pets. It could have prevented all these Reforms. Not one of them could have been carried " had the Times been one of its opponents." How lucky for us Reformers it was that the Tories did not think of forking out their cash and quieting this great mover of the people of England till the great effect was produced. The Times opened the door to Reform : -" but to shut Excell'd her power ; the gates wide open stood, That with extended wings a banner'd host Under spread ensigns marching might pass through, With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array." If Lord Lyndhurst, and Sir Robert Peel, and the Duke of Wellington, instead of abusing the Times, calling it traitorous, unprincipled, and so forth, had known how to use it, they might have had no cause to repent their bargain. Are we to understand that this boast of the Times is to meet the reproach that it has lost its power now, or is it a feeler for another turn ? It may turn and turn, but its meretricious practices have deprived it of value. But we will allow the Times to give its boast in its own language : " ‘Vhatparty have we ever deserted ? None ; for to none have we ever sworn allegiance. What principle, or measure, or great system of national policy once espoused by the Times. has the Times ever, even for one day, aban doned? Let any abusive and lying blockhead, hired to rail at his betters, answer that. What public principle once proclaimed by the Times has this paper afterwards, at an y period, or under any circumstances ) flinched from strenu ously enforcing? Roman Catholic Emancipation, the relief of Dissenters from obnoxious tests, Reform of Parliament, the correction of ecclesiastical abuses, and the effectual and permanent commutation of tithes—what Bri tish .Tournal outstripped the Times in manly and dauntless energy on behalf of each and all of these great measures? Nay, we challenge the political world to answer us, which of these measures (aye, which one of them) would have fbrced its way against the manifold impediments opposed to it had the Times been one of its opponents ? This is truth, not wanton arrogance." Not wanton arrognnce ! ono ! When was the Times ever known to be arrogant ? It commits, how- ettr, the trifling mistake of the fly in the fable, which while it revolved with the wheel supposed it caused the wheel to revolve. The Times was certainly powerful when it advocated principles dear to the people of England ; but what a beastly libel on that people to pretend that they had no principles but what the Times chose to give them ! It could have made them, for sooth, Reformers or anti-Reformers at pleasure ! We can have no wish, and it is not certainly our interest, to undervalue the power of an organ which adequately represents public opinion ; but the strength is derived from the people, and when the people find their organ treacherous they deprive it of that strength. The Times would not be that despised thing it now is, the very by-word for everything contemptible, if it could have moved the people like puppets—if, when it abandoned the cause of Reform, it could have made the people also abandon it and commit /Ho de e. We should like to see how the I)uke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Lynd hurst would look were the Times to apply to them for a certificate of its consistency and honesty at the time when it exhausted its vocabulary of abuse on all three. Lest their memories should fail them, we must favour these statesmen with a few specimens of the characters drawn of them by our Printing-house square Contemporary. We thought we had fairly shamed our Contemporary out of its impudent claim to honesty and consistency, as it has for some time been silent on that head. But we find we have given it credit for more grace than it possesses. We must resume the task of doing justice to the merits of our Contemporary. It will not be unprofitable, for, in the space which has elapsed since the Thugs became a re negade, youths have shot up to manhood, and the proofs of the depravity of the Times, and the signal punishment which it received from the people, will teach them an admirable moral lesson.—Morning Ch-onide. The discussion on the motion of the Rev. Mr. O'Malley was again adjourned by the General Asso ciation on Friday, after the meeting had heard the speeches pro. and con. of Mr. Sharman Crawford and Mr. O'Connell. The substance of the former's speech vas given in 4 our paper of yesterday ; to-day we give :Th. O'Connell's. We cannot compliment the Honourable and Lemma Gentleman upon the cogency of the arguments with which he combated the proposition before the meeting. In every thing that Mr. O'Connell has said about the former misgovern- anent of Ireland we entirely concur. But if we - wanted one proof more glaring than any other of the truth of this; position, it would be supplied by the fact, that in Ireland there is not, to this day, a legal provision for the poor. In that country alone, of all civilised states, are the poor dependent for subsistence upon eleemosynary aid. That burden falls altogether on the shopkeeper and farmers. The landed proprietary and the Church contribute nothing to it. When misfortune or sickness sweeps away an Irishman's property, he and his family have either to starve or rob or crave alms from those who happen to be them selves close verging on mendicancy. Such a state of things must not be any longer continued, no matter who would perpetuate it, or from what considerations. The feeling of Great Britain on the subject is noto rious ; it is the one point of union between .conflict ing parties ; and it is pretty clear that even amongst his own countrymen Mr. O'Connell stands in a de cided minority on this question. This is a sufficient answer to those who affirm that Mr. O'Connell op poses a Poor-law for Ireland in order to uphold his influence in that section of the empire ! Let him persist in that opposition, and our conviction is that he will himself weaken his power than it could be weakened by all the malice and energy of all his foes. Now, we do not desire to see Mr. O'Connell's influ ence with his countrymen impaired ; for we deem it useful, if not indispensable, to the achievement of his country's rights ; and we do, therefore, sincerely wish he would lay aside his prejudices on a question where reason, _ religion, justice, and facts are against him—a question which he cannot persist in opposing without seriously reputation and hi s power . W e d o not damaging his say that his amendment is not a proper one. On the contrary, we think it extremely desirable that the Asso ciation should proceed on this as on another critical and important occasion with prudence and discretion. That body ought not to resolve rashly on any topic, as it ought to be always prepared to carry its deliberate resolutions into active operation and full effect; There fore it is that we approve of Mr. O'Connell's amend ment. The resolutions ought to be referred to the Committee. But when in Committee we do trust that Mr. O'Connell will exhibit a more unprejudiced feeling, than has manifestly dictated his speech on Friday. This is the only occasion of late in which we could discover him napping. We cheerfully acquit him of all those unworthy motives to which some of our Con temporaries, liberal as well as illiberal, attribute his conduct in reference to the Poor-law question, but we cannot possibly approve of the course he is pursuing, or of the reasons he assigns for adopting it. As to the specific resolutions, whether ultimately adopted, modified, or rejected, they cannot fail to make the par- ' sons think. The Tory Peers have brought their reverend friends into a pretty mess.—Morning Chron. It appears from an account we publish in another column of a Whig-Radical dinner at Northampton, that poor Lord Spencer is going the way of all flesh —don't be alarmed, reader—Nye mean of ail flesh lie fattens—that is to say, is growing wondrous heavy just before Christmas. With that good-nature that always characterized his Lordship, he proposed the health of his Majesty's Ministers, but, with his usual clumsiness, and forgetting Spain, and Portugal, he ex pressed a hope that the course of th e G overnment -would be just and s traightforward !" Then, waxing energetic, as we are told, he is reported to have said, I cannot see how any man who advocated Reform in Parliament can think that his Majesty's Ministers are going too far." If this be so, we are heartily sorry for the mischief that has befallen his Lordship's optics. Having yet to learn what connexion there can possibly be between Reform in Parliament and giving " a heavy blow and a great discouragement" to Protes tantism m Ireland—which Lord Melbourne candidly admitted would be the consequence of the Irish Church Bill—we have no difficulty in seeing what his Lordship's eyes will. not show him. It may be that his Lord ship's recollection is affected as well as his eyesight. If not, he will probably bear in mind that he said, in the House of Commons, that he would prefer civil war to the repeal of the Union. Well, his friends, the Mi nisters, have made a league and covenant with O'Con nell and his rebel gang, who declare that nothing short of the repeal of the Union will ultimately satisfy them. Has his Lordship altered his mind on this subject ? Is he, to use his own very strikin g language at the Northampton dinner, still inclined to " show fight" for the Union ? In either case, where is the straight forwardness of the course Government is pursuing ? But it would be a wilful waste of time and labour to attempt to argue with Lord Spencer ; because he de clared that " he did not think it was morally possible that be ever should change his opinions," and he as signed some excellent reasons for this thinking—we beg pardon, this not thinking. Among these the most remarkable was, that " he could have nothing to gain by changing those opinions, and should have every thing to lose." If we were not afraid of weakening the force of this very conclusive reason, we should be inclined to suggest, that it is as impossible for some men to change their opinions as it is for some to change their shirts. It is necessary in the one case for a man to have two ideas at least, and in the other two shirts at least ; but it sometimes happens that folks are found with only one of these commodities, and then there can be no change, because it n'y a pas de quoi. —Times. The more that the people and their real friends peruse the eloquent and able speech of Sir William Molesworth, at the great reform meeting held at Tot ncss, last Wednesday, the more they Nv ill be convinced of the sincerity—although they may doubt the saga city—of that straightforward and uncompromising pa triot. We touched on Saturday on the leading cha racteristics of the various speeches made at the abdve great meeting—principally with a view to that para mount question of public interest—which may, indeed, emphatically be called the question—the urgent and immediate necessity of Peerage Reform. There are, however, two peculiar features of the speech of Sir William Molesworth which appear to call upon us for a few additional remarks. We may class them conveniently under two heads. The first concerns the question of Ballot. The second concerns the propriety and necessity of making open questions of all the re maining desiderata of Reform. Wifh regard to the first, Sir William defends himself from certain flip pant imputations brought against him in quarters af fecting to have the authority of Government ; by stating that he should consider his honour compro mised in leaving the numerous majority of his consti tuents in humble life to the persecuting malignity of parsons and landlords. The argument is Good quoad the detached question of the ballot. But it is not so detached now. There is a time for all things. We have advocated the ballot long before Sir William was returned to Parliament. But to urge it now—to make it a sine qua non—would, we are satisfied, be inju rious to the cause of reform. We quote Sir William's arguments on the subject of open questions, sensible that we can add nothing to their force in point of rea soning, nor 'to their eget, addressed as they were in the emphatic language of friendly independence to a Cabinet Minister then present :—" A system of Cabi net opposition to these liberal measures of which the popular party approve is incompatible with the rresent state of affairs. Of such a system the people ought to disapprove, and do disapprove ; and to such a sys tem neither the people nor their representatives will much longer assent. This system must, therefore, be changed. I agree with your worthy representative (Mr. Parrott), that the question of the ballot should not be made a Cabinet question, but, as he states, it should be made an open one. The great, questions at issue between the two parties ought to be made open questions. Let there be no Cabinet opposition to the Ballot—nor to a reform in the House of Lords—nor to any of the other great popular measures. Let any person connected with the Government be at liberty to vote on these questions, as he in his judgment deems best. I feel it my duty to tell you, my Lord, as you are connected with the Government (and I trust you will receive my information in kind part, coming, as it does, from one who really wishes well to the present Government), that unless concessions somewhat similar to those be made to the popular 'arty, it is vain to hope that an union of parties will much longer exist. By making those reasonable con cessions, the Government will rally the people round them, will infuse fresh energy and confidence in the nation,. and will retain the support of those who, like myself, would willingly be their friends, but who can not sacrifice every principle even for the sake of their friendship." Upon this subject we concur with Sir W. Molesworth. No benefit ever accrued from mu tual sacrifice of principle. No ultimate good was ever done by the suppression of opinion for the sake of in terest. Honesty is the best policy in this case as in every other. Character is strength in the constitution of a Mi nistryas in every other case. What good has been gained by requiring of public men the sacrifice of their own opi nions to the paramount opinions of the Cabinet for the time bein g ? Nothing has resulted from these com promises but increased weakness, disunion, and un popularity. The individuals who have made these sacrifices of consistency have been rendered by those very sacrifices less capable of serving the cause and the party for whom those sacrifices were made. Such questions, it is therefore quite clear, should, for the interest of the C4net itself, be made open questions by any Ministry wiTich claims or aspires to the cha racter of being a Ministry of the people. With the opinions of Sir William Molesworth on the subject of open questions, we, therefore, concur. At the same time we must repeat our conviction, that neither the ballot, nor extended suffrage, nor short Parliaments, nor Church nor Municipal Reform, can be with pro priety considered equal in importance and in ur gency to the question of Peerage Reform. That ques tion being carried, the other desiderata will follow as a matter of course. Peerage Reform ought to pre cede every other. Tire question it involves is, whether there shall be or not a stoppage or suspension of the vital functions of the body politic. It is ridiculous to talk of delaying such a question—if we have rightly described it—of postponing it, or of com paring it to any other question of "'Political Reform." What would be said of an individual in common life who avowed, either in public or in private, his disincli nation to look some urgent difficulty in the manage ment of his affairs in the face. We need not say what he would be called ; but we say to each and every procrastinator, "De tefabula narratur." Such con duct is as ridiculous as the conduct of the medical conclave in " Gil Bias," who discuss abstract then. rems of medicine while the breath is escaping from the body of their unhappy patient. We say again, and with all the emphasis which we can impart to words— .that the first thing to do is to remove instantly the ir responsible obstruction of the Peerage. Public energy must not b e di v id e d b y t h e cons id erat i on o f too many things at a time. We are for the " one-thing-at-a-time” principle in preference to the " all-things-at-once " principle. All , the intensity of political agitation must be brought to bea r w i t h undivided weight and mo mentum on that " one thing needful " —the Reform of he of Lor dse----Morning Advertiser. The Corporation of the House London deserve the thanks of humanity for their liberal vote t o th e .suffering Polish ir e ) fu %s t? ' " li c o e s s e eyes —Victims et of a sull en and barbarous tyranny— love of country, their unconquer able patriot-passion, is an inexpiable cr i me . D eserte d by Tories at one time, betrayed by Whi gs at anot h er , and, latterly, abused and vilified by Radi ca l s , w h en appealing, in their deep distress to the genero us sympa thies of Englishmen, never was there a peopl e w h ose cause was more righteous in itself, or more calamitous in its issue. From the first hour of their manly strug gle to achieve their national independence—a strug g l e unblemished on their part by any such acts of vindic tive ferocity as have brought liberalism into hatred and contempt elsewhere--they had our assistance, such as it was, given freely, given . zealously, and without re gard to party considerations. For the question of the independence of Poland rested on a higher ground than that of party politics—it Concerned the faith of treaties—it was intimately associated with the cause of civilization and the cause of humanity. England will one day have, we fear, abundant reason to bitterly re pent the faithless and pusillanimous conduct of her Government to the deserted and betrayed Polish peo ple. The colossal and barbarian power that has since wrested Turkey from our • influence, by the treaty of Unkier Iskelessi, and pursues with the noiseless tread of a stealthy, but indefatigable policy, the path of an anti-British ambition, should not have been allowed to cancel, with a dash of the pen, the treaty of Vienna, and erase the Polish nation from the map of Europe. In the year 1794, when the brave Kosciusko was in the field, Earl (then Mr. Grey) deprecated, in a strain of generous and impressive eloquence, the apathy with which the Tory Government of that time viewed the heroic straggle of the Poles. The world afterwards saw the same Earl Grey invested with the mantle of power, which had fallen from the shoulders of a Tory Premier, and did he and his Whig colleagues vindicate on the Treasury benches the generous sentiments to wards Poland which shed a moral lustre upon the path of their official exclusion ? Far worse than apathy did they manifest. The British Government was then bound by a solemn treaty, which did not exist in 1794, to the preservation of_ the national independence of Po land. But Russian influence was stronger with our Liberal Government than the obligations of a treaty, and operated upon its policy with the force of fascina tion. Not only did our Whig Ministers abstain from insisting that the treaty of Polish independence should be respected, but they proposed and carried—carried in a reformed House of Commons I—the vote which took five millions of money, on pretence of the Russo- Dutch loan, out of the pockets of the English people to replenish the exhausted exchequer of the Autocrat who had torn the Treaty of Vienna to pieces, and to enable him to bring down fresh masses of troops on the Poles, wearied with beating successive armies of the barbarians. This is one of the darkest pages in the modern policy of England. Would that it could be torn away for ever ! Prussia also was permitted to " co-operate" for the subjugation of Poland to Rus sia, and even to confiscate the property of British ma nufacturers going to Warsaw. The reward for our connivance at this treacherous intervention was the Prussian Commercial League to exclude the com• merce of Great Britain from the States of Germany. Thus the sacrifice of British interests quickly followed the compromise of British honour, and the violation of British faith.—Morning Herald. There have been two instances lately of very strong testimony borne to the public spirit and patriotism of the Marquis of Chandos, of which he ought to feel justly proud—the one the banquet given him by the Conservatives of Winchester and its vicinity ; the other his dismissal from the office of Steward of the Corporation of Winchester by the Whig-Radical Town Council. The next thing to having the praise and respect of good men is to receive the marked disappro bation of those whose praise would imply the desertion of duty, and the sacrifice of principle. The praise of factions and sordid politicians Lord Chandos is not likely to receive, and will certainly never deserve, until he forsakes the path of a pure ambition and an ho nourable fame. He must, therefore, console himself for the loss of the Stewardship of the Winchester Corporation, by the consciousness of the want of those essential qualifications for the office which, in proportion as they raised him in the opinion of the Whig-Radial Town Councillors, would sink him in the estimation of all the sup porters of Constitutional and Protestant principles in the country. It is not at a crisis like the present, when the question is the preservation or ruin of the institu tions of the empire, that a man in the station of Lord Chandos can, without compromise of principle and loss of legitimate influence, refrain from the bold and manly declaration of his sentiments. Nor has he refrained from the most explicit and decided avowal of his opi nions upon the great topics of political discussion and conflict which agitate the country. He who did not hesitate to sacrifice office and reject the dazzling allurements of power, rather than violate his pledge to the farmers of England, is not the man to shrink, at any time, or under any circumstances, from the honest performance of his duty, or to fear the consequence, whatever it may be, of an uncompromising vindication of his principles. At the dinner given to him .the 'other day at Winchester, he furnished- additional proofs of his determination to stand firmly and unflinchingly by the principles which his conscience sanctions, and to abide, with high hope and heroic fortitude, the fate of the cause which his sense of patriotic duty has chosen for his' own. In the speech of the Noble Lord, which will be found in another column, he says that he " advocated as a public man nothing from which the virtuous and intelligent portion of the community would ever desire to see him swerve—of that he felt perfectly confident ;—but of this, likewise, he felt confident, that from those principles, based, as lie believed, in the public good, no consideratiOn under Heaven would ever induce him to swerve. Could any circumstance supply him with additional inducement to abide by his principles and theirs—he should say theirs, for they were identical—that cir cumstance was to be found in that evidence of the soundness of those principles derivable from the pro gress that they were daily and hourly making." When will any of our Whig Ministers speak out in the same manly and decided tone, and let the country know whether there are any, and what principles they are which they are not prepared to sacrifice on the altar of political expediency ?—meaning, thereby, the gra tification of their own personal and selfish ambition. —Morning Herald. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York. South West Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—James Brown Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Watson, resigned, Dec. 14. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. EDWARD ANDREWS, schoolmaster, Beresford-street, Wal worth. ELIZABETH LEWIS, ♦ictualler, Abergovenny. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM CRAVEN, paper-manufacturer, Horsforth, York shire. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH MOULD, cheesemonger, Newgate-street, to sur render Dec. 30, at twelve, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hutchison, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street ; Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street. • THOMAS BALL, licensed victualler, West-street, Soho, Jan. 4, at twelve, and 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fry, Cheapside ; Graham, official assignee. ISRAEL ALEXANDER, horse-dealer, Chiswell-street, Fins bury-square, Dec. 27, at one, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bel2her, official assignee ; Young, Mark -lane. EDWIN BARTHROP, woolstapler, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Jan. 2, at one, and 31, at eleven, at the Sessions House, Leeds. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London , Sewell, Chatteris, Cambridge ; Taylor, Wakefield. JOHN RICHARDSON, carpenter, Watling, Norfolk, Dec. 26, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, King's Lynn, Nor folk. Smetham, King's Lynn ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, London. JOHN TURNER, cotton-manufacturer, Heywood, Lancashire, Jan. 9. and 31, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manches ter. J. and W. Heron, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weather all, Inner Temple, London. SAMUEL DUTSON, inn-keeper, Bury, Lancashire, Jan. 18 and 31, at ten, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Chester, Staple's Inn, London ; Armstrong, Chapel Walks, Preston. _ JAMES CHARLES SMITH, upholsterer, Denmark-Ifill, Camberwell, Dec. 31, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Oliver, Cheapside. GEORGE THOMAS FERARS, bedding-manufacturer, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, Dec. 30, at twelve, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basinghall-street ; M'Duff, Castle-street. Holborn. THOMAS WILLIAM CLARKE, inkeeper, Horncastle, Lin colnshire, Jan 2 and 31, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin; Chancery-lane, London ; Oah e _ row and Son, Horncastle. JOSEPH WOLLETT, merchant, Gould-square, London, Dec. 31, at half-past Twelve, and Jan. 31, at One, at the Court of Bankruptcy.' Alsager, Birchin-Lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; B. and 0. Drew, Bermondsey-street. . RICHARD GEORGE CLODE, wine-merchant, Birming ham, Jan. 10 and 31, at One, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Michael, Red Lion-square, London; Griffiths, Bir mingham. WILLIAM CATTARAL, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 21, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Turner, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London ; Lowndes and Robinson, , Brunswick-street, Liverpool. RICHARD PRINCE and FERDINAND EICHMAN, stuff printers, Manchester, Jan. 9 and 31, at eleven, at the Commis sioners' Rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hulme and Andrew, Manchester, ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 1836. JAMES LEVICK, ivory-merchant, Sheffield, Dec. 28, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. E. B. Tatter shall, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; Wilson and Younge, and Palfreyman and Bingley, Sheffield. WILLIAM HART, milliner, Cheltenham, Dec. 29, and Jan. 31, at four, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Bousfield, Guild hall-buildings, London ; Winterbotham; Cheltenham. THOMAS STOCKDALE, soap-manufacturer, Liverpool, Dec. 30, and Jan. 31, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Norris and Allen, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London ; Toul min, Park-lane, Liverpool. HENRY CHARD, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 31, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Turner, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London; Lowndes and Robin son, Brunswick -street, Liverpool. HENRY PEIRCE PERKINS, ironmonger, Enfield, Dec. 27 and Jan. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptc. Pennell, official assignee ; Clarke and Tanqueray, Bishopsgate Church-yard. WILLIAM POLLARD, Printer, East Stonehouse, Devon shire, Dec. 29, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport. Surr, Lombard-street, London ; Elworthy, Devon port. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. !t1 6% .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Ditto, at sight Leghorn 47% Genoa 26 10 Milan '3l Venice 47 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 121 Rotterdam - 2U. 12 7 Antwerp tiamburg• .... ... M.B l3 13 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60' Ditto .....................2 Us 26 0 Lisbon 53% Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro 34 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l3y Cork l% Marseilles. Frankfort OR Maine, Ex. M 153% PeterAbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin _ Vienna, effective 11 O M. 10 16 'Trieste ditto lO 18 Madrid 35% Cadiz 37 PRICE OF BULLION, PER ()Z Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 (1 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons ....... 0 0 0 Bilboa 36 Barcelona Seville iii Gibraltar New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 5 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of Dec. 20.) SUGAR.—The West India raw Sugar Market has under gone much improvement during the past week, the refiners having at length been compelled to come into th• Market, and purchase freely ; from the grocers there has been a good de mand, and the importers have obtained an advance on all de scriptions of 6d. a Is., at which rise 2,600 hhds. and trs. have bean disposed of, mostly of good and fine yellow qualities ; there have been no public sales of Barbadoes, and none are advertised. _ _ The stock of West India Sugars is now 33,983 hhds. and trs., being 8,876 more then last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 28,142 bags, which is 8,194 less than last year (includ ing the East India Dock.) The delivery of West India last week was 1,898 bhds, and trs., which is 380 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 2,189 bags, being 712 less than the corresponding week of last year (including the East India Dock.) This afternoon we have again to report an improving Market for British Plantation ; for the grocery qualities there was a brisk request, and in the refining descriptions there was much business done, the refiners being all again compelled to come into the Market to purchase, they having several orders on hand to execute for Refined goods, and the importers of West India have obtained an ad6nce on the prices of Friday of 6d. for the 1,400 hhds. and trs. disposed of, the principal part of which was taken by the refiners ; sales of good brown Berbice for the pan made at 545. 6d., Jamaica mid. yellow at 605., Antiguas good 645. At length the Refined Sugar trade has assumed a rather better appearance; from the shippers there has been a good demand at an advance of is. ; sales of double Crushed made at 365., and Lumps to pass the standard at 775., but there are few goods now to be purchased for immediate delivery under 465. 6:1. a 475. for Crushed; contracts have been made for 1 arge parcels to be delivered in January at 355. a 365. ; the grocers have purchased more freely, and at rather improving prices, 755. a 765. paid for Lumps rather under the standard, and goods are extremely scarce. Treacle is not cheaper, but the demand moderate. Bastards continue dull of sale at the quotations. In Dutch Crushed nothing has been done, and prices remain as last quoted. This afternoon from the grocers there was a good request for Refined goods at steady prices ; of the export descriptions but few parcels remain in the hands of the refiners, and double Crushed is not to be purchased under 365. 6d. a 375. for im mediate delivery. MAURITIUS.—There has at length been some improvement in the demand; from the grocers there has been a good re quest by private contract, particularly for the mid. and good yellow descriptions, for which they have paid prices fully equal to those of last week ; there have been no public sales, and at present none are advertised. No further arrivals have entered this port. This afternoon there was a good enquiry from the grocers. EAST INDIA.—In Foreign East. India there has been no thing done, the buyers beinr , averse to purchase at present rates, whilst on the other hand holders are not sellers at any reduction ; for Bengal there has been but little request from the shippers, still the holders are firm in requiring fully pre vious rates, and have offered none at public sale ; from the grocers there has been a good demand at unaltered prices. FOREIGN.—The Market for all descriptions has been in a very inactive state, there continuing to be no request for Brazil or white Havannab, and the demand for the yellow qualities of the latter at former prices' has subsided, but at the reduced offers made of is. a 2s. there are no sellers. Two cargoes of 400 chests Bahia has arrived. Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—The Rum Market has been heavy, and although there are sellers of Jamaica and Leeward Island at a reduction on rates rate of Id. a lid. per gallon. CorFEE.—Jamaica, good mid. at 103 s. a 1 1 ls., low mid. and mid. 925. 6d. a 945. 6d., good and fine fine ord. unclean 635. a 926. ; Demerara, mid. 903. a 915., fine and fine ord. 81s. a 865., unclean fine fine ord. and mid, 81s. a 88s., triage 635. ; SI. Lucia, mid. 925. a 93. ; Berbice, mid. 89s. Gd. a 91s. ; Sumatra, 403. has been paid for fair quality; Ceylon of good quality is much wanted at 485., but the holders generally refuse to take less than 495. a 50s. ; Samarang would sell readily at 435. a 445. forgood, but there is scarcely any in the Market offering for sale. In the Foreign Market St. Domingo has been sought after at 483. for fair quality, being no sellers within 2s. of that price, no business has taken place ; Brazil is much wanted, but it is impossible to purchase under 48s. a 49. ; Valparaiso good and tine foxey, at 465. a 585., damaged went at 465. a 585., da maged went at 465. Gd. a 495. TALL° w.—There has been rather more demand for parcels on the spot for consumption at 425. 6d. for P. Y. C. For de livery the operations have been also on an extended scale, and 435. paid for the spring months. TUPENTINE.—Rough is rather cheaper, IBs. 3d . has been accepted for a small parcel—Spirits have sold heavily at 81s. a 82s. MOLASSES.—The importers of West India demand former rates, but there has been nothing done. The total deliveries of West India Molasses from the ware houses for home use for the week ending December 17, amount to 3,530 cwt. COCOA.—There has been nothing done in British Planta tion, either by public sale or private contract, and prices remain the same as last quoted. For Foreign there continues to be no request. The total deliveries of West India Cocoa from the ware houses for home use for the week ending December 17, are 6,669 lbs. RicE.—The demand for East India has been very moderate by private contract, and 8,375 bags Java at auction, the sound was all taken in at 6d. decline, from 12s. 6d. a 13s. for low and good middli ng w hit e , w ith the exception of one lot which sold at 13s. 6d. ; the damaged went cheap and sold at Bs. 6d. to 1 ls. COTTON.—The private purchases consist of 1,800 bales Surat at aid. a Sid., 150 Bengal at 4, 1 1 a 4id., and 130 Boweds at Bd. a 90. OILS.—In Linseed Oil there has been rather more business doing on the spot at 355. 6d. at 365., and for delivery next year there has been a great deal of business done. Rape sells slowly at previous rates. Olive Oil dull of sale at the reduced prices quoted. The public sale of 200 tuns Sperm and Head matter was all bought in at reduced prices, the former good and fine at 781. a 801., and the latter at 841. a 85/. a PROVISIONS.-the demand for Irish Butter has been con fined to limited parcels to supply the immediate wants of the trade. Dutch has given way in value 2s. ; at 108 s. a 110 s. for the best qualities. The request for either English or Foreign Cheese has been on a very limited scale. SPICES.-Jamaica white Ginger at 5/. lls. a Si. 9s. SALTPETRE.-1,199 bags Calcutta at 6d advance on the rates of the last sale ; refraction 3.1 went at 275. Gd, 61 265. 6d. a 275., and 5 refraction 275. a 275. 6d. TEA.-There has been more enquiry after Company's Bo heas at Id. a id. profit on the last sale. The prices were- Canton Bohea Is. 10 d. a 2s. lid., Fokien do. 2s. 7d. a 2s. 2s. 8 d. , Cougou ord. 101 d, a ls. Old., mid. Is. Id. a Is. 4-0., strong ls. 41d. a Is. 91-d., fine ls. 9d. a 2s. 91d. ; Souchong Is. 4d. a 3e. 6d. ; Pekoe ls. sd. a 2s. Id. Flowery 2s. led. a 3s. 6d. ; Hyson Skin is. a ls. 101. Twankay Is. 4Ed. a Is. 10d. ; Hy son 2s. ld. a ss. 3d. ; Gunp ow d er 2s. 9a. a 3s. Bd. per lb. MONUMENT TO MRS. HEMANS, THE POETESS. —The monument consists of a small Grecian tablet in sta tuary, on a black ground. In addition to the statement, " Felicia Hemans, died May 16, 1835, aged 41," the fol lowing beautiful and appropriate lines are inscribed thereon, from her own solemn effusion, known as " The Dirge " : " Calm on the bosom of thy God Fair spirit, rest thee now I E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow home beneath ! Soul to its peace on high They that hare seen thy look in death No more may fear to die." —Chester Courant.• On the evening of Saturday week, as the Whitby and Pickering railway coach was descending the the rope broke, and the coach proceeded downwards with fearful rapidity : fortunately the man who had the charge of the waggons ascending, attached to the other end of the rope, was able to lock the wheels, and so prevent their re turning down _the hill. Great credit is due to the driver and guard of the coach, for th e i r p r esence of mind in checking the carriage with the breaks, as well as in not alarming the passengers, who were numerous —scarcely any of whom were aware they had been in a situation of dan ger.—Shields Observer. On Saturday last, Ann Hamilton, aged 92, of Sai lors'-alley in this town, when near John-street, Bishopwear mouth, dropped down, and instantly expired.—Sunderland Herald. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YESTA2IDA Y. THE DERBY. The subjoined statement shows a sensible decline in each of the three favourites, and that without any material improvement in the others ; Mango, it is true, has sprung two er three points, and Brother to Elis found favour in the eyes of one of the most influ ential speculators, but in neither of them is the advance sufficiently marked to account for the retrograde movement in the cracks. At the beginning of the afternoon Defender stood at 84 to 1 ; 9 to 1 was then offered, and after some delay taken rather eagerly in two or three quarters; the layers, however, were so numerous and de termined that at the close 9 to 1 went begging against him ; their odds had been previously offered against Jereed, nor did bets to the amount of 2,000 between Defender and Brother to Bay Middleton save the latter from giving way to a greater extent, 9i to 1 having been laid to about 2001. a few minutes before the room closed, Brother to Elis was backed with considerable spirit at 50 to 1, and Sambo, quoted at 30 to 1, is evidently a rising favourite. A brisk afternoon left off much later than usual as follows :- 5 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot—taken, and afterwards offered. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender--offered 9 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—offered 9i to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles--offered 16 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Phantasima colt—take 18 to 1 17 to l agst Mr. Greville's Mango—take 18 to 1 21 to I agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—offered 2.5 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Flare-up—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Clifton—offered 27 to 1 agst Mr. Savile's Brother to Elis—take 30 to 1 30 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Trustee—take 50 to 1 21-, to 1 laid on the field agst the three favourites 2000 even between Defender and Brother to Bay Middleton 300 even between Brother to Elis and Sambo 200 even between Jereed and Defender. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1837. WEDNDSDAY. Match, 300 each, h. ft. D.M.—Lord Lichfield's Elis, Bst. 71b. agst Colonel Peel's Slane, Bst. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1837. MONDAY. Match, 100, h. ft. T. Y.C.—Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny, Sst. 71b., agst Colonel Peel's Zenana, Bst. The above matches were made at Lord Exeter's (Burleigh) a few days since. Lord Exeter has sold Luck's All to the Hon. S. Herbert for 500 guineas. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Do Burgh's Hounds on Saturday atAmersham—qr. tol2. Mr. Codrington's Hounds on Friday at Market Lavington-10. Mr. Wyndham's Hounds on Thursday at Chilmark Quarry-10. The Craven Hounds on Wednesday at Hunt's Green ; Friday, at Froxfield ; Saturday, at Thrup—half-p. 10. The Vine Hounds on Friday at Mappledurwell Hatch—hf-p. 10. The N. F• Hounds on Friday at Cadland ; Saturday, at fiar bridge—half-past 10. The Monmouthshire Hounds on Thursday at Dingeston Wood; Saturday, at Llanethan Bridge—half-past 10. Mr. Carr's Hounds on Thursday at Wigget Green-10. The Somerset Stag Hounds on Friday of Somerford Park-10. The Wallsend Harriers on Friday at Killing-worth-10. Sir M. Ridley's Hounds on Friday at Weldon Bridge-10. The Galewood Hounds on Friday at Thrummell Dean, near Kentstone-10. The llerefordshire Hounds on Friday at Brockhall Turnpike ; Tuesday, at Tibberton Village-10. Mr. 'Wilkins's Hounds on Friday at the . Kennel. The Kington Harriers on Thursday at Huntington; Thursday, at the Kennel-9. Mr. Chandler's Hounds on Wednesday at Bransford Bridge ; Friday, at Old Hills ; Tuesday, at Himbleton—half-past 10. The Inglewood Hounds on Thursday at Ainstable ; Monday, at Boscar ; Thursday, at Aiket Gate-10. The Eamont Harriers on Wednesday at LonFgathby ; Saturday, at the Kennel ; Wednesday, 28th, at Lazonby ; Saturday, at Eamont Bridge-10. The Wigton Harriers on Thursday at Blencogo; Friday, at Brocklebank. The Lambton Hounds on Thursday at Flass ; Saturday, at Ches ter-le-street--11. The Chesterfield Harriers on Friday at Newbold Moor —lO. • The Alnwick Hounds on Thursday at Moor Laws-10. The Morpeth Harriers on Friday at Ahshields-10. Mr. Barnard's Harriers on Friday at Pensam's Buildings, Corse Lawn. The York and Ainsty Hounds on Thursday at Skelton ; Satur day, at Pell Moor—half-past 10. The Eddlethorpe Hounds on Friday at the top of Uncleby Wold— b.f. -p.lO. Lord Harewood's Hounds on Friday at Wighill village — hf-p. 10. The Pantykendy Hounds on Friday at Lland o wror Village-9. The Tivyside Hounds on Thursday at Kilwandeg-10. The Pembrokeshire Hounds on Thursday at Llangwarren Bridge. The Llanblethian Harriers on Friday at Watertown Court-10. The Swansea Harriers on Friday at Newton—hf-p.lO. The F. B. Hounds on Friday at Cassawes Wood. The Western Hunt Hounds on Friday at Lanyon—half-past 8. The Woodfold Hounds on Thursday at the Yew Tree, Preston new road ; Saturday, at the Royal Oak, Riley Green. The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Soberton Down-10. The H. H. on Thursday at Bradley ; Saturday, at Nutley Church. The Duke of Rutland's Hounds on Friday, at Kirkby Laythorpe —half-past 10. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket I-Till ; Fri days, at Telscombe Tye—half-past 10. The Brighton Harriers on Mondays at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race Course ; Fridays, at the Dyke. The Atherstone Hounds on Thursday at Sutton Park ; Saturday, at Seal Wood—quarter to 11. On Saturday evening a cottage belonging to a re spectable man named Finch, - at Highworth, was discovered by him and his wife to be on fire ; they immediately rose, and had only time to escape before the whole was a body of flame in which the adjoining cottage was included ; both houses were burnt to the ground. The fire commenced from the outside of the thatch, and there is no doubt of its being the work of an incendiary. Upwards of 2001. in notes belonging to Finch have been consumed. Sixty guineas and sovereigns were found in the ruins on the Monday follow ing.—Willshire Independent. Last week the following was put up before the door of a blacksmith at West Monckton :—On mondey Fift de cember Som parson or pars Ons Broken in Thorns Gready bons scold Som mony if aney parson or parsons Will prove the Defender an breing Them to Convekshons the sam shall from I Thorns Gready Receve the Reward of Ten Shillin's."—Taunton Courier. The chamberlains and four-and-twenty of the bo rough of Alnwick, which escaped the purification of the cor poration of the Corporation Reform Bill, employed a con stable to keep the door of their place of meeting, on Mon day, the sth inst., to preserve them from molestation while they sat in their select conclave. They appreherKled some annoyance from the freemen, who are at present opposed to their proceedings.—Shields Observer. As the Kent steamer was on her passage on Thurs day morning from Boulogne to London, Captain Time dis covered a boat which appeared to him to be in a perilous situation. He immediately hove to, and in a short time re leased five poor fellows in a state of great exhaustion, who informed him they left in company with another boat, in which were the captain, mate, and seven other persons be longing to the barque Isabella, Capt. Kurtz, bound from Philadelphia to Rotterdam, and laden with tobacco, and which they had abandoned in a sinking state, off the Good win Sands, about four hours previously. The Captain lost no time in endeavouring to discover them, and happily suc ceeded, and was the means of saving 14 poor fellows from a watery grave, which would, in all probability, have been their fate. There has been presented to the Museum of the Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian Society by Mr. Som ner, West Morrison, a common rat of extraordinary size— it weighs 17 ounces ; the length of the body from the tip of the nose is 10 inches, exclusive of the tail, and the whole length to the tip of the tail, 17 inches. It was killed by a Dinmont Terrier of four months old.—Kelso Mail. - STARVATION.— . -An inquest was held a few days ago on the body of a poor woman, named Mary Fielding, aged GO. The Jury returned a verdict that " the deceased died for want of the proper necessaries of life." It appeared that a few months ago she applied to the overseers, and was told that they were willing to take her into the workhouse ; this, however, she refused to submit to. She was a very reserved woman, and always kept apart from her neighbours. —Manchester Guardian. We understand that a great number of one pound notes of different Scotch banks are brought here and ten dered in payment each market-day, and that those who have thus taken them have been put to great inconvenience, and in many instances have suffered considerable loss, be fore they could get quit of them again. Probably the par ties who bring them are not aware of the danger they incur in offering one pound notes in England, and we shall do them a service by cautioning them. The penalty is 5/. ; and our border friends will thus see how necessary a little prudence is on their part. They should endeavour to pro vide themselves with gold or Bank of England paper, before crossing the " ideal line" which divides the two parts of the same kingdom ; but in which it has seemed fitting to our legislators that two different kinds of money should circu late.—Carlisle Journal. " LODGE'S PEERAGE OF THE BRITISH Em- PlKE.—Probably the highest encomium that can be passed upon a work of this description is, that it has given to the distinguished class to whom it refers the most complete satisfaction, to such an extent, indeed, as has served to carry it to a sixth edition in an almost unparalleled short period of time from its first appearance. Exclusive of a succinct and authentic genealogy of the Peerage we have now a view of the Baronetage of the three kingdoms, prepared under the authority, and with the assistance, of the distin guished families whose honours are thus permanently re corded. The armorial bearings are all engraved in the very best style. Without this work no library can be 'said to be complete."—Sunday Times. The following dialogue took place in a corporation school where the pupils are taught to believe in accordance with the portion of scripture allotted to read :—Mr. Wrath Bone—Pray, sir, what is your belief ? Pupil—Please, sir, I believes in nothin' ! Mr. Wrath Bone—Yea, but you do ! I'll " wollop " you, sir ; you believe in the " holy Catholic Church !" Pupil—No, sir ; please, sir, the lad as believes in that's got the measles at home, and I've got his seat. — Liverpool Paper. • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CU& TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 19. The Belfast, Grant, from Calais ; Attwood, Strannack, Rotterdam ; Countess of Lonsdale, Strannack, Hamburgh: Emerald, Houghton, Boulogne; Crescent, Domnevillc, My sina; Edenia, Reid Bahia; Bahia ; Sabina, Caster, St. tibe's; Lord Byron, Tuckey, Lisbon; Dart, Detchen, Cadiz ; S ir nia, Vander, Jersey; Anne, Dryhoowugh, Oporto ; Pomona, Smith, Quebec; Reform, Bouloft, Malaga; Albion, Bullen, Jersey ; Blackness, Pettigrew, St. Petersburgh. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The Princess Victoria, Brocke, for Antwerp ; Ocean, Morfee, Antwerp; Mary, Constance, Gibraltar; Georgetoxn, Simpson, Demerara ; Clara, Masted, Jamaica ; Kent, Tune, Boulogne; Rawlins, Christie, Jamaica. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Ocean, Morfee, for Antwerp; Duke of Ciar,n3ce, Hall, Jamaica; Rambler, Field, Jamaica; Prima Donna, Buchanan, Trieste. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The Emilie, Wren, for Calois ; Seven Gibreeders, De Roas, Worcum. Mr. D'lsokEm.—We congratulate the author of " Vivian Grey," on observing that his story of " Henri ..tta Temple," which our female readers will, at least, pronounce a charming one, has passed through the fiery ordeal of the weekly critics. It is certainly one of the most entertaining things, to observe the different feelings that are exhibited, from various causes, towards a successful author, and which can only be accounted for by those who are a little behind the scenes in such matters. It not unfrequently happens, however, as in the present case, that scenes anti characters, that are in one journal called in question, are in another ex-: hibited as the very perfection of the novelist's. art. - Such undoubtedly are those in which figure Lady Belluir, Count Mirabel, Lord C—; &c., &c. RUNAWAY NEWSPAPERS. —On Saturday, . says the Tyne Mercury, on the receipt of our London Journals, n•e found the following Post-office notice attached to them :—" Several newspapers having escaped from their covers, if the right paper is not within those covers accom panying- this delivery, the mistake will bo rectified ou ap plying at the Post-office." On Friday a serious disturbance took place at St. Thomas's Hospital. In consequence of some misconduct on the part of two students at a late operation at this hos pital, orders were given to admit no one in future without a ticket. On Friday two persons were to undergo the operation of lithotomy, and in order to prevent the intru sion of persons without tickets, two constables were placed at the door. Several of the students from Guy's, how ever, presented themselves, and endeavoured to force an en trance ; the officers succeeded in locking the doom, and 'kept them out for a time; but the students ultimately smashed the pannels of the door, and made their way into the theatre. At this period Mr. Travers arrived, and on 'king informed of the cause of the disturbance, severely tectured the originators of it ; but as there still appeared a .lisposition on the part of the offenders to be present of all :lazards, the new police were sent for, and the operation ,vas postponed. Warrants have been issued against some of the offending parties. GOOD NEWS FOR LOVERS OF AMUSEMENT.-- The Editorship of the " New Monthly Magazine," is ap pears, has been undertaken by the witty author of " Sayings and Doings," Mr. Theodore Hook, who will commence in the January Number of that work, a series of sketches of life and manners, entitled " The Gurney Papers." On Tuesday Mr. T. Coleshill, of Cagebrook-mills, was induced, from the badness of the night, to remain at the London Apprentice Inn, at Abergavenny, where he had been attending the market. He noticed in the place a tr.unp ing miller, who asked him for work, and complained of great distress. Mr. Coleshill generously ordered some refreshment to be given to the tramp, and put a few shillings into his band, telling him to come up to the mills the next morning, and he would find work for him. Mr. Coleshill went to bed, and placed his trousers under his pillow. On risinr , in the morning he found his trousers rem6ved, from the pocket of which 491. bad been abstracted by the tramp, who about 2 o'clock in the morning had entered his room, stolen the money, and decamped.—Hereford Journal. The appalling wretchedness brought upon the rKmi lies of honest and ►ndustrious men by the refusal of medi cal aid in time of sickness, under the new Pool' Laws, is sought to be palliated in - some degree by the formation of societies in several parishes in this county ; which—by a small quarterly payment, undertake to procure medical aid in the time of sickness, and a trifling weekly allowance du ring the time of distress.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. A gentleman, a stranger, asked a countryman, r. horn he saw mending a road near Ross, " Where does this road go to ?" The countryman replied, " I don't know, Zir ; I finds it here when I comes to work in the morning, and I leaves here at night ; but where it goes in the mean time I don't know."—Worcester Journal. On Saturday morning,. as two of the childre:i of Mr. John Colenso, of Penzance, were playing under a loft filled with grain, the floor fell in upon them, burying them under the wheat. Immediate assistance was procured, but when they were taken out, they were quite dead. The eldest was nine, and the youngest five, years of age.— West Briton. It is advertised in the Paris papers of Thursday, that the Vauxhall balloon (now called the " Royal Vaux hall Nassau balloon") will ascend an Monday next, with from six to ten ladies and gentlemen, from the barracks in the Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere. The names of the ballocmatics are not mentioned, but Mr. Green is, of course, to be of the party ; and it will be, according to the ad vertisement, his 227th ascent. For bald people, " French brandy, dissolved with sulphate of copper,' says a New York paper, "applied once a day, will make your hair gro*." To this a Phil a d e lphia paper adds :--" And if the hair should grow too abundantly, take a quart of French brandy a day, with a little sugar and nutmeg, and it will come off again. Thus, brandy for your baldness, and brandy for abundant hair.—American Paper. The provincials appear to be progressing towards a degree of temperance that leaves the Londoners at an im measurable distance. Almost every country town now has its tee-total association, the members of which pledge them selves to abstain from drinking all fermented liquors what ever. The following account of a meeting of one of these societies appears in the Suffolk Chronicle :—" The New British and Foreign Temperance Society. A Tea Meeting was held at the Masonic Hall on T ues d a y even ing at 5 o'clock, when upwards of one hundred persons sat down to tea, and the good and happy feeling which per vaded the company proved that intoxicating drinks are not essential to true comfort. A Public Meeting was held at 7 o'clock, at which Mr. Walker of Bungay presided ; and to do that gentleman justice, we must say he appeared in his element in the execution of the duty he so kindly con sented to perform. The speakers on the occasion shewed and vindicated the objects of the society, and every well disposed person must of necessity acknowledge, that those individuals at least mean well, and are aiming at the ge neral good of mankind. Twenty-six persons, who had for some time previously acted on the principles of the Society, signed pledges to abstain in More from every kind of intoxicating drink—except for medical pur poses, and religious ordinances—and several retired from the meeting purposing to try for themselves how far it is practicable to conform to the pledge required by the New Temperance Society. PATENT LEVER WATUH E S, With silver double-bottom cases £:6 6 0 With silver hunting cases . _ This celebrated - construction (the most accurate on v% hich a watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improvements, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holeq, capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining power to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTH. On the 14th inst., at Wemyss-place, Edinburgh, Mrs. Arnott, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Henryßobert Harrington Carey, fourth son of R. C. Elwes, Esq., of Great Billing, Northampton shire, and nephew to Lord Yarborough, to Mary Henrietta, second daughter of the late W. Tennant, Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Ten nant, daughter of the late and sister of the present Lord Yarborough. On the 17th inst., at St. George's Bloomsbury, Charles, only son of the late Colonel D. Mackintosh, 60th Regiment, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late J. P. Boys, Esq., Deputy Paymaster-General to the Forces. On the 17th inst., at Hollywell Church, Mr. C. D. Hayes, jun., of Fenchurch-street, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. Gnnstone, Cowley-cottage, Oxford. DIED. On the 6th inst. at Bampton, Oxfordshire, the Rev. RobertSymonds, M.A. thirty-years Rector of . Hinton, and one of the Magistrates of Berkshire, and formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. On the 16th inst., at Clifton, Mary, relict of the late Rev. C. EL Parry, Vicar of Spleen, Berkshire, aged 85. On the 16th inst., Mary, wife of Win. Rosser, Esq., of Gray's Inn, and Cumming-place, Pentonville. On the 15th inst., in Portland-place, aged 6, Eugenia Msria , •only daughter of S. G. Smith , Esq. On the 9th ult., at Woodstock, New Brunswick, Ensign James • William Hoste, of the 43d Light Infantry, aged 20, second son of Lieut.-Col. Sir G. Iloste, of the Royal Engineers. On the 14th inst., in Rodney-street, Pentonville, Samuel Har ton,.Esq., aged 66. On the 15th inst., in Great Russell-street, Wm. Philippe, .;sq. On the 27th ult., at Messina, Dr. Robert Nimmo, for,norly of .he Madras Establishment. On the 16th inst., at Ramsgate, aged 51, Capt'ain Woolicsxdp 1.N., many years harbour-master. On the 18th inst., in Basinghall-street, Jane, the wife of Mr. .Y• i,orkin, jun. .on on : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Noa. 112, Strand at The Sum Office, No. 112, Strand, in the cou nt) of Middlesex.—Tuesday, December 20, 1836.